OSPF Jobs in the UK excluding London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 464 621
Rank change year-on-year -38 +157 -145
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 209 219 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.45% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.60% 2.42% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 145 174 169
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year - -7.54% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

OSPF falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +34 108 £55,000 +4.76% 15
North of England +24 56 £45,000 -4.76% 8
North West +19 45 £43,750 -37.50% 4
Midlands -38 31 £48,500 -15.65% 3
West Midlands -8 30 £48,500 -15.65% 2
Yorkshire +56 14 £47,500 +5.56% 3
East of England -13 9 £61,250 +2.08% 4
South West -32 8 £48,500 -3.00% 3
Scotland -38 6 £55,000 -8.33% 10
North East -19 3 £62,500 +16.28% 2
Wales +27 1 £46,500 +18.47% 1
East Midlands -40 1 £60,000 +2.13% 1
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UK

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.96%) AWS
2 22 (10.53%) Azure
3 9 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.87%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.39%) Cloudflare
5 5 (2.39%) GCP
6 4 (1.91%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.96%) SaaS
7 2 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.96%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.48%) IaaS
8 1 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (84.69%) BGP
2 112 (53.59%) Firewall
3 79 (37.80%) EIGRP
4 75 (35.89%) WAN
5 69 (33.01%) VPN
6 63 (30.14%) TCP/IP
7 61 (29.19%) LAN
8 59 (28.23%) IPsec
9 58 (27.75%) MPLS
10 51 (24.40%) Cisco ASA
11 49 (23.44%) VLAN
12 48 (22.97%) Wireless
13 36 (17.22%) Cisco Firepower
14 32 (15.31%) Network Security
14 32 (15.31%) SD-WAN
15 31 (14.83%) SSL
16 30 (14.35%) DNS
17 29 (13.88%) DHCP
17 29 (13.88%) DMVPN
17 29 (13.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.91%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.91%) MySQL
1 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 49 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.22%) Retail
3 11 (5.26%) Finance
4 9 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.87%) Automotive
5 6 (2.87%) Legal
5 6 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.87%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.96%) Electronics
6 2 (0.96%) Law
6 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.48%) Billing
7 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.48%) Military
7 1 (0.48%) Police
7 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (55.02%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.75%) Senior
3 27 (12.92%) Senior Network Engineer
4 21 (10.05%) Analyst
4 21 (10.05%) Network Analyst
5 20 (9.57%) Network Operations Analyst
5 20 (9.57%) Operations Analyst
6 17 (8.13%) Network Specialist
6 17 (8.13%) Network Support
7 13 (6.22%) Cisco Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 8 (3.83%) Architect
9 8 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.83%) NOC Engineer
10 7 (3.35%) Firewall Specialist
10 7 (3.35%) Network Architect
10 7 (3.35%) Network Support Engineer
10 7 (3.35%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.87%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (17.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.57%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.70%) Driving Licence
3 13 (6.22%) Public Cloud
4 12 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.31%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.31%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.35%) FMCG
7 6 (2.87%) Smartphone
8 5 (2.39%) PKI
9 4 (1.91%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.96%) Clustering
10 2 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.96%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.96%) Molecular Biology
10 2 (0.96%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.48%) CMDB
11 1 (0.48%) NHS
11 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.13%) Linux
2 14 (6.70%) Windows
3 12 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.78%) Ubuntu
5 7 (3.35%) Mac OS X
6 6 (2.87%) Android
6 6 (2.87%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.87%) VyOS
6 6 (2.87%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.91%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (16.75%) Network Design
3 33 (15.79%) Network Management
4 25 (11.96%) Customer Service
4 25 (11.96%) Mentoring
5 20 (9.57%) Network Monitoring
6 17 (8.13%) Agile
6 17 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (8.13%) Network Architecture
7 16 (7.66%) High Availability
8 14 (6.70%) ITIL
9 13 (6.22%) Creative Thinking
9 13 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (6.22%) Information Security
10 12 (5.74%) ITSM
11 11 (5.26%) Business Analysis
11 11 (5.26%) Change Management
11 11 (5.26%) Computer Science
11 11 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
12 10 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.87%) SQL
3 4 (1.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 93 (44.50%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 63 (30.14%) CCNP
4 53 (25.36%) CCNA
5 24 (11.48%) CCIE
6 22 (10.53%) JNCIA
7 20 (9.57%) SC Cleared
8 19 (9.09%) DV Cleared
9 15 (7.18%) CCDP
10 12 (5.74%) Degree
11 11 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.35%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 6 (2.87%) HNC
13 6 (2.87%) HND
13 6 (2.87%) JNCIS
13 6 (2.87%) MCSE
13 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.91%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.70%) SLA
2 6 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (12.44%) Firmware
2 12 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.39%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.91%) Docker
5 4 (1.91%) NFS
5 4 (1.91%) pfSense
5 4 (1.91%) vCloud
5 4 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.91%) vSphere
6 3 (1.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (14.83%) FortiGate
2 11 (5.26%) Ansible
3 10 (4.78%) Terraform
4 6 (2.87%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.91%) SCCM
5 4 (1.91%) WSUS
6 2 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.96%) Puppet
7 1 (0.48%) Nagios
7 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (69.86%) Cisco
2 100 (47.85%) Juniper
3 56 (26.79%) Fortinet
4 33 (15.79%) Palo Alto
5 21 (10.05%) Microsoft
6 18 (8.61%) McAfee
7 17 (8.13%) Meraki
8 16 (7.66%) Aruba
8 16 (7.66%) CheckPoint
9 15 (7.18%) VMware
10 14 (6.70%) Citrix
10 14 (6.70%) Nokia
11 13 (6.22%) SolarWinds
12 12 (5.74%) Dell
12 12 (5.74%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (5.74%) Ubiquiti
13 11 (5.26%) Ruckus Wireless
14 10 (4.78%) Google
15 8 (3.83%) F5
15 8 (3.83%) HP